Atagut / Taghut
Ataqut / Թաղուտ | |
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![]() 19th-century St. John's Church in the village | |
Coordinates: 39°34′11″N 46°57′43″E / 39.56972°N 46.96194°E | |
Country | ![]() |
District | Khojavend |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 205 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Atagut ( Azerbaijani: Ataqut) or Taghut ( Armenian: Թաղուտ) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. [2]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 7 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 17th-century spring monument, an 18th-century caravanserai, an 18th/19th-century cemetery, a 19th-century watermill, and the 19th-century St. John's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi). [3]
The village had 198 inhabitants in 2005, [4] and 205 inhabitants in 2015. [1]
Atagut / Taghut
Ataqut / Թաղուտ | |
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![]() 19th-century St. John's Church in the village | |
Coordinates: 39°34′11″N 46°57′43″E / 39.56972°N 46.96194°E | |
Country | ![]() |
District | Khojavend |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 205 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Atagut ( Azerbaijani: Ataqut) or Taghut ( Armenian: Թաղուտ) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. [2]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 7 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 17th-century spring monument, an 18th-century caravanserai, an 18th/19th-century cemetery, a 19th-century watermill, and the 19th-century St. John's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi). [3]
The village had 198 inhabitants in 2005, [4] and 205 inhabitants in 2015. [1]